A legend passes away

[davevabch]

The man that made one heck of a tough gun!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25497013

 

[TRIGGER_1]

I wonder if sales of AK's will increase..... :-\

 

[RICHGCOOP]

It looks like all the good ones are gone.

1st: John Browning.
2nd: Bill Ruger.
And now Kalashnikov.

RICHGCOOP



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[SkipD]

It looks like all the good ones are gone.

1st: John Browning.
2nd: Bill Ruger.
And now Kalashnikov.

At least we have lots of examples of their great life's work to remember them by.

 

[framedcraig1]

He was a pretty amazing man. That gun wasn't all that accurate, and wasn't particularly nice looking...but it was dependable, cheap to produce, and used everywhere...still.

 

[3Coyotes]

He was a pretty amazing man. That gun wasn't all that accurate, and wasn't particularly nice looking...but it was dependable, cheap to produce, and used everywhere...still.

And that's what's going to keep it at the top of the firearm food chain for decades to come.
it'll take something like a personal pulse cannon to dislodge it's position in the world.